Socioeconomic justice : international intervention and transition in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina / Daniela Lai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lai, Daniela, 1986- author.

Series:

LSE international studies.

LSE international studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postwar reconstruction--Bosnia and Herzegovina--International cooperation.

Postwar reconstruction.

Postwar reconstruction--Social aspects--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Transitional justice--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Transitional justice.

Social justice--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Social justice.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Does socioeconomic justice belong within transitional justice? Daniela Lai provides the first systematic analysis of experiences of socioeconomic violence during war and how they give rise to strong, but unheeded justice claims in the aftermath. She redefines socioeconomic justice as the redress of violence rooted in the political economy of conflict, and transitional justice as a social practice that belongs among grassroots activists as much as it does in courtrooms and truth commissions. Furthermore, she examines the role of international actors that rely on narrow, legalistic approaches to transitional justice, while also promoting economic reforms that hinder the emergence and pursuit of socioeconomic justice claims by conflict-affected communities. Drawing on a unique set of in-depth interviews with Bosnian communities, international officials and grassroots activists, this book provides new theoretical and empirical insights on the link between justice and political economy, on international interventions, and on Bosnia's post-war and post-socialist transformation.

Contents:

Introduction : 'we only fight for social justice'

Theorising socioeconomic justice for post-war societies

Bosnia and Herzegovina between its post-war and post socialist condition

The international political economy of socioeconomic injustice

Socioeconomic violence as a feature of war

Socioeconomic justice as a post-war justice claim

Socioeconomic (in)justice as a catalyst for social mobilisation

Conclusion

Appendix: Researching marginalised stories of socioeconomic violence and (in)justice.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 May 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-87244-1

1-108-87693-5

1-108-87107-0